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/ke:ndækᴧ/: a name historically given to Nubian queens who were strong, brave, and wise like the women artisans who create our products.
Kendaka is about exploring and enhancing creativity and empowering women with limited work opportunities, who seek safe and close jobs to provide knowledge and income for their families.
At Kendaka we are passionate about two things; women and waste reuse!
Our glass upcycling, used-plastic weaving, and textile-crochet space, is set up by women for women.
It combines the passion for empowering women in isolated communities, and the drive to reduce the harmful environmental impact of waste in Egypt.
First came the space in Badr City, an industrial suburb of Cairo, and then a recruitment drive to find and train local women, mothers, daughters, and sisters to unleash their creativity.
The space allows women to design products and experiment with new ideas and methods.
Some of our best-selling items were born out of this process. Since then we have been rewarded with creativity and dedication to make useful things out of an environmental problem.
We are an ethical business working on becoming sustainable in the future and independently run by our creative Kendakas.
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Crochet half-moon and full-moon bags, made from fabric scraps and cotton or burlap threads with natural leather handles -
Crochet Cup coasters set with basket and Hot plate coasters made from up-cycled fabric scraps and cotton or burlap threads. -
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Woven plastic and cotton placemats with raw brass Christmas-themed motifs, made from up-cycled plastic bags -
Large woven plastic and cotton bags made from up-cycled plastic bags Dimentions: 38cm 60cm 18cm -
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Christmas-themed snowflakes three hights glass lanterns with a wooden tray and tealight candles, made from up-cycled glass bottles and up-cycled wood.
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The project that has empowered Egyptian women from impoverished communities to create beautiful products out of waste showcases its unique work at this year’s Source Home & Gift Fair. We specialize in ...
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